Politics

Three Lawmakers to Vie for LKP Leadership

Write : 2017-06-18 12:37:42Update : 2017-06-19 08:02:56

Three lawmakers will vie for the leadership of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party.

The party said that former South Gyeongsang Province Governor Hong Joon-pyo, five-term lawmaker Won Yoo-chul and four-term legislator Shin Sang-jin completed their candidacy registration on Saturday ahead of the party's convention and leadership election slated for July 3.

The candidates are scheduled to engage in campaigning for two weeks from Monday.

Meanwhile, eight candidates including lawmaker Lee Cheol-woo and Kim Tae-heum, registered for a race to elect four new members of the party’s supreme council.